Background: Several studies have examined the effects of folic acid fortification on the occurrence of orofacial clefts. This study was carried out to evaluate the impact of flour fortification with folic acid on oral clefts in Northern Iran.   Methods : In this hospital based study from March 2006 to September 2009, we screened the total number of live births at all hospitals in Golestan pro...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of folic acid intake for prevention of birth defects in Chinese women of child-bearing age. MATERIAL/METHODS In this prospective cross-sectional study, a total of 1,338 women aged 20-45 years were randomly selected for interview. Data on folic acid knowledge and information on folic acid intake in the subjects were co...

Background and aim: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic mucocutaneous inflammatory disease. Although the etiology of this disease is unknown, some factors including stress, antioxidant deficiency, and folic acid deficiency have been claimed to have a role in its incidence. The purpose of this study was to assess and compare the serum folic acid level in OLP patients and healthy subjects. Mat...

Abstract Background and Objective: Nutritional factors are a matter of debate in the etiology of preterm labor. This study was conducted to assess the association of maternal folic acid consumption with preterm labor .comprised and Materials and Methods: This cohort study was conducted on 191 healthy pregnant women in 2009, referring to two teaching hospitals in Tehran (Iran). The folic acid in...

Background: This study aimed to investigate different methods used to provide necessary supplementations for pregnant women and obtain reliable data about the general status of health promotion during pregnancy. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on 401 pregnant women referring to different women’s hospitals of Tabriz, including Alzahra, Taleghani, 29-Bahman, Zakariy...

giardia lamblia is one of the most common intestinal protozoan parasites infecting human in the world. the goal of this study was searching for in-vitro effect of folic acid and cobalamin on adhesion and growth of g. lamblia as two important mechanisms in the pathogenesis in tyi-s-33 medium. g. lamblia trophozoites were obtained by in- vitro excystation procedure. three groups of giardia tropho...

background: rise in serum homocysteine level may be associated with higher prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in hypothyroidism. levothyroxine can partly diminish serum homocysteine level. folic acid participates in homocysteine metabolic cycle in the human body. the effect of concomitant administration of folic acid and levothyroxine on serum homocysteine level was evaluated in the present ...

Aim: To see central nervous system anomaly during pregnancy (anencephaly, hydrocephalus and spina bifida) by ultrasonography associated with folic acid deficiency/ low intake. Study design: cross sectional Site duration: one year from Jan 2021 to Dec at Pak Red Crescent Medical & Dental College teaching Hospital Dina Nath Multan Road Kasur. Method: There was convenient sampling. Written Con...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Folic acid supplementation before pregnancy is known to reduce the risk of neural tube defects. The purposes of this study were to investigate the awareness, knowledge, and use of folic acid supplements along with their associated factors among non-pregnant Korean women of childbearing age. SUBJECTS/METHODS From August 2012 to March 2013, 704 women aged 19-45 years compl...

INTRODUCTION The intake of folic acid before conception and during the first trimester of pregnancy can prevent spina bifida. This paper describes folic acid intake in women in Gulu district in northern Uganda. METHODS Structured interviews were held with 394 women attending antenatal care (ANC), 15 mothers of children with spina bifida, and 35 health workers in 2012 and 2013. SPSS16 was used...